15 December 2009

Bleg: Who sells water in California?

SJ asks:

I need to get a reasonably comprehensive list of public (not regulated by CPUC) water agencies in CA and the rest of states if possible. I got a comprehensive list of CPUC regulated water agencies, but I'm unable to find a list of city-operated agencies. I found this, but this includes both wholesalers and retailers. Moreover, this list is missing agencies.

Do you know where I can find a comprehensive list of retailers.

I'm guessing that SWRCB or EPA has a list of agencies that comply with water quality regs. Does anyone have a comprehensive list of agencies?

8 comments:

The way to get this info would be to contact Dave Todd at DWR. He is the lead on the urban water management plans. All public agencies over a certain min size have to submit a UWMP. I know that he has a list of all the agencies that have submitted.

David,you've been at this long enough that you should know that public water systems are certified by the California Department of Public Health, Drinking Water Program. According to their website here, there are over 7,500 public systems statewide. Note that "state small systems" are regulated by "local primary agencies". See here.